tricolor 1 - 4 LAST (379574266)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3708 to Leonidas da Silva (Panela de Pressão). Rãzvan Badea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Fernet and Pepe Kadribašič. tricolor had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Tabajara - Gavini, Lima - Prestes, Vasconcelos, Constant, Petreski, Rios - Barros Jr., Matarangolo, Bezerra.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for LAST. Lineup: Bahamondes - Riquelme, Kowalesko, Gurruchaga, Kusa, Aulestia - Matityahu, Regla, Orovitz - Troska, Konyagin.

For their match strategy, LAST had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The terraces were silenced after 7 minutes when LAST's R. Matityahu put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. tricolor had to make a substitution after 28 minutes. R. Prestes limped off the field and was replaced by R. Aloisi. After 31 minutes, tricolor raised their score by one when R. Aloisi's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by N. Bezerra. 1 - 1. tricolor had a chance to take the lead after R. Matarangolo's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 32 minutes. With 33 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, S. Gurruchaga needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to LAST, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

LAST's M. Kusa was shown a yellow card after 50 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The guests took the lead 59 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Kusa scoring to make it 1 - 2. 69 minutes into the game, G. Orovitz had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came C. Baumgarten. The goal to make it 1 - 3 was scored by E. Kowalesko after 71 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by LAST. K. Troska received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 74 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 4. The LAST fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. LAST had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

tricolor's top performer was clearly R. Matarangolo. S. Lima on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating LAST player was without a doubt R. Matityahu. E. Bahamondes was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 4.